GRASSES OF SCOTLAND. • 39 



(Fig. 1\ without lateral ribs, roughish towards the points; contain- 

 ing one-awned lioret shorter than the glumes. Floret of two paleae, 

 (Fig. 2\ the outer palea ovate-lanceolate, without lateral ribs, termi- 

 nating in tico biffid points, furnished at the base with a number of 

 long straight white hairs, equal in length to the calyx. Aim long 

 and slender, arising from about the centre of the palea, and extend- 

 ing as high as the summit of the hairs. Inner palea linear, membra- 

 nous, acute, much shorter than the outer palea. 



Obs. — Ca/a/?jfl^r(Mft.s £)7jV7f<7£w is distinguished from Calamaffrostis 

 striata in the hairs of the floret extending about one-third their 

 length bevond the floret, and the aim arising fhjm a little above the 

 centre of the outer palea, and projecting nearly half its length beyond 

 the palea : — whereas in C. stricta the hairs and awn scarcely extend 

 bevond the floret. 



This grass possesses no agricultural merits of any importance. 

 Cattle seldom touch it. It grows in moist woods and shady ditches. 

 Frequently met with in the central parts of Scotland. In England 

 it is found in Northumberland, Durham. Cumberland, York, Lincoln, 

 Nottinghamshire, Anglesea, Salop, Worcester, Warwick, Leicester, 

 Oxford, Bedford, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, ^liddlesex, 

 Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Dorset, and Somerset. Occasionally found 

 in Ireland. It is also a native of Lapland, Norway, Sweden, Den- 

 mark, and Germany, but in America it is unknown. 



Flowers in the end of July, and ripens its seed about the last week 

 in August, 



25. A>-EMAGROSTIS SpICA VEXTI. * 



Si/Ay Bent- Grass. 



Specijic Character. — An\ti arising ft'om a little below the siunmit 

 of the outer palea, and more than three times the leugth of the palea. 

 (Plate XVn. ) 



Description. — It grows from eighteen inches to two feet higli. The 

 root is annual, fibrous. Stem erect, smooth, and roimd ; bearing 

 five leaves with somewhat roughish sheaths ; the upper sheath longer 



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